Overwhelming Slaughter, Exchange Conference

"Wang Tian!"

At the sight of him, Lin Bai gritted his teeth in fury.

This guy really was like a lingering ghost that refused to disperse!

"Haha, indeed, it is I."

"I came to visit you, you useless piece of trash."

Wang Tian was Lin Bai's sworn rival. Their families were both top forces in Great Zhou and had always been openly and secretly competing against each other.

One day, when Lin Bai had taken Nian Qing out shopping and sightseeing, Wang Tian had been drawn in by Nian Qing's beauty.

From then on, he frequently humiliated Lin Bai, wanting to make him lose face.

"Oh? These three beside you are Young Master Lin's friends? A pleasure, a pleasure!"

Wang Tian's cultivation was relatively low, so he could not see through Feng Qingyang and the others' realms.

But anyone who could be with Lin Bai, that great waste, had to be ordinary people.

"Indeed, birds of a feather flock together."

"As expected, anyone who can play with Young Master Lin is trash."

Wang Tian pointed at Feng Qingyang and the others with an arrogant, overbearing expression.

"Wang Tian, shut your mouth!"

Seeing Wang Tian insult his Sect Master, Lin Bai hurriedly stepped forward.

"Young Master, I heard just now that they seem to be from the Azure Cloud Sect."

"Lin Bai joined the Azure Cloud Sect too."

"Oh? Azure Cloud Sect? What sect is that?"

Just as Wang Tian was wondering why any sect would accept trash like Lin Bai—

"Haha, Young Master, you may not know this, but I happened to hear someone mention it before. They say the Azure Cloud Sect is an insignificant force, and that everyone has already run away."

"Haha, just as I thought! A trash sect taking in trash is only natural!"

"Too noisy!"

Wang Jian, the guard behind Feng Qingyang, casually slapped out.

He did not even need to use spiritual energy. With physical strength alone, he instantly slapped the still-laughing Wang Tian into a cloud of blood mist.

As for Feng Qingyang and the other two, from beginning to end, they had merely watched this group as if watching monkeys.

"With the monkeys no longer howling, my ears are finally at peace." Feng Qingyang symbolically scratched his ear.

These clowns really were taking a rocket to the underworld because they thought they were dying too slowly.

Of all people, they had to provoke him.

"Damn, so powerful!" Lin Bai cried out.

When Wang Jian, the most inconspicuous of the three, made his move, the powerful cultivation aura he released directly stunned Lin Bai.

Is this the power of the strong? They hold life and death in their hands; any displeasure can be severed with a single sword! I, Lin Bai, swear that I will become such a strong person!

Lin Bai silently steeled his resolve.

"You, you, you..."

Wang Tian's lackeys had yet to recover their senses.

They only felt an intense cultivation aura, then their vision went black and they were blasted away. When they came to, they saw their Young Master turned into a cloud of blood mist, as though he had evaporated from the world.

"You killed Young Master!"

"You just wait, wait... and bear the wrath of my Wang Family!"

Wang Tian's lackeys were so frightened that they could barely speak properly, yet they still forced themselves to utter threats.

"The Wang Family has no need to exist."

"Let's go."

Feng Qingyang merely spoke those words lightly before turning to leave.

Whenever he was in the mood, he could pay the Wang Family a visit.

"In your next life, remember to wipe your eyes clean before looking at someone."

Wang Jian spoke indifferently. Then, with a thought, he turned and left with the others.

The lackeys before him were all crushed into blood mist with a single thought from him.

The commotion here also drew the attention of many people.

Especially those who had failed the first round of testing and had been angered by Wang Tian's words but dared not speak out. They all applauded and cheered.

They cried that it was immensely satisfying!

"Damn, that brother is fierce!"

"Yeah, he killed a young master from a top family just like that, and even said the Wang Family had no need to exist."

"But it was fucking satisfying to watch, haha! That Wang Tian was so arrogant and overbearing. Now he's finally provoked someone he shouldn't have. If I could beat him, I'd beat him three times a day, eight hours each time!"

Just as Feng Qingyang and the others were about to leave, a figure blocked their path.

"Wait a moment. Is it not somewhat inappropriate for Your Excellency to leave just like this?"

"Again? Are you done yet?"

"Who are you? Does the Azure Cloud Sect need your instruction when we handle matters?"

"Allow me to introduce myself. I am an Elder of Heaven's Secret Pavilion, as well as the person in charge of this Disciple Recruitment Assembly."

"Are you here to stand up for that brat?"

"No, Your Excellency misunderstands. A small force like that is not worth Heaven's Secret Pavilion making a move."

"I merely wish to invite your sect to participate in the Exchange Conference later."

He was also somewhat puzzled as to why the Azure Cloud Sect, which had fallen into an insignificant force, still possessed mysterious experts. Could it be that a descendant of the Azure Cloud Sect had obtained the inheritance of a Great Emperor?

Even a starving camel was bigger than a horse. Just the four words "Great Emperor inheritance" alone were immensely tempting.

Looking at the old man before him, with crane-white hair and the face of a child, Feng Qingyang hesitated for a moment.

"Ding! As the future number-one divine sect of all the heavens, how can you go without fame?"

"An untimed mission has been issued: Become renowned throughout the Eastern Domain. There is no time limit. Rewards will be granted according to the degree of completion."

Become renowned throughout the Eastern Domain? Fine, then the Azure Cloud Sect's first step into the world will begin with this Exchange Conference.

"Anyway, I'm bored. I'll play along with you."

Afterward, Feng Qingyang and the other three were invited to wait in the pavilion at the very center.

On the way there, Feng Qingyang introduced Wang Jian and Shi Hao to Lin Bai, the disciple he had just accepted.

"Lin Bai, this is your Eldest Senior Brother, Shi Hao."

"This is our Azure Cloud Sect's guard, Wang Jian."

Hearing this, Lin Bai humbly greeted them one by one. "Greetings, Eldest Senior Brother. Greetings, Senior Wang Jian."

He had not expected that Senior Wang, who seemed so powerful in his eyes, was merely a guard in the sect.

And this Eldest Senior Brother did not seem simple either. His talent was probably even greater than Qing Er's...

This time, I've really latched onto a powerful thigh. Let's see who still dares look down on me!

Lin Bai laughed out loud in delight at his own fantasy. Then he realized something was wrong and quickly put on a stern expression again.

This sight amused Feng Qingyang and the others.

"Haha, Junior Brother, if something makes you happy, don't keep it to yourself. Tell your Senior Brother about it."

Shi Hao also began teasing this newly arrived Junior Brother.

He found this Junior Brother rather interesting.

Lin Bai also cast aside the restraint he had felt upon first joining them. He had always been a humorous and optimistic person.

It was only because of the troubles in cultivation and the endless mockery from others that he had no choice but to put on a second face.

"Haha, seeing this scene, I feel like reciting a poem."

"Great Zhou's trash is named Lin Bai."

"To the Recruitment Assembly I came by fame."

"Joining Azure Cloud, my ambitions soar."

"With life at its peak, joy fills me more."